Book Review: Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing


Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing is a delightful collection of artworks that celebrate traditional drawing.

This is a thick 320-page hardcover authored by Ana Ibarra and Marc Valli. The cover is those cardboard cut off at the sides, and the pages are off white, non glossy.

The work curated and showcased are outstanding. Well, there are 66 artists so you get to see a huge variety of work. The media used are mainly pencils, graphite, charcoal, ballpoint and ink. These artists are masters of the tools they use. It's quite amazing what effects the tools can produce, such as realistic fur drawings with pencils, the textures created by ballpoint pen hatching. The illustrations are really beautiful, detailed.

It's difficult for me to pick any particular artist or piece and say that's my favourite. Every artwork is unique and has their own charm, some alluring element. All are inspiring to look at, be it portraiture, pattern designs, animals or scenes from imagination.

Each artist also has a short profile talking about their background, techniques, style and other stuff.

Highly recommended to those who like contemporary art and illustration in traditional medium.

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This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. You can order the book from them. Check with Basheer on Facebook or visit their website.

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing is available at Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN)

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Derek Albeck

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Charles Avery

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Sabina Baumann

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Carine Brancowitz

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Louise Despont

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Eduardo Flores (Bayo)

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
David Jien

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Sagaki Keita

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Shintaro Miyake

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Mike Pare

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Jen Stark

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John Paul Thurlow

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Wolfe Von Lenkiewicz

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing
Stephen Walton

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This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. You can order the book from them. Check with Basheer on Facebook or visit their website.

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